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About

Applejack is a Background Pony is a joke among the fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic about Applejack, a main character of the show, being about as important as the unnamed characters that trod the background. While it is mainly used in jest, fans of Applejack sometimes take offense to the statement.

Origin

Members of the MLP community first began calling Applejack a background pony during the later part of season 3 due to the lack of episodes devoted to properly expanding or fleshing out her character. This continued into the next season, something that only continued the amount of jokes directed towards her.

Spread

Looking up "Applejack is a background character" on Google will result in over one million results, while looking up "X is best background pony" on Google Image search will also result in many of the images being of Applejack. A countless amount of discussions and threads have been made relating to her status as insignificant to the show, though these have died down in light of Applejack receiving several episodes starring her.